A Hot Charlotte, NC Yoga Studio | Y2 Yoga

Teachers //
// Blake Thews
// Tanner Bazemore
// Lisa Brownstead
// Molly Burroughs
// Jennifer Busco
// Beth Campbell
// Celeste Carter
// Paige Cochran
// Wendy Fennell
// Dorie Fusaro
// Shelley Harris
// Anthony Hill
// Susie Johnson
// Litsa Kapantais
// Sarah Keach
// Kelly Klicka
// CJ Lawing
// Jillian Longsworth
// Laura McCarthy
// Tanya McCellan
// Melissa Miller
// Amani Murray
// Jane Patterson
// Kacy Pleasants
// Laura Robinson
// Nicole Sameit
// Shanna Small
// Merritt Tracy
// Carrie Williams

Teachers

Our teachers are our foundation. Their enthusiasm and passion is what supports us, and in turn, we honor and support them. They are our ROCK.

Dedication to Students

Every class our teachers pour their heart, soul, and creativity into offering a challenging, yet nurturing practice. Our teachers bring a unique and inspiring experience to the students and every class builds on the next as they guide you with their years of knowledge and practice. We are as committed to supporting our life’s path as we are to supporting yours.
Blake Thews

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Tanner Bazemore

Lead Instructor / Owner, 200 Hour RYT

Tanner has been in the fitness industry for 10 years and is the owner of Y2 Yoga. He became a personal trainer in 2002 after experiencing the benefits of regular diet and exercise. A life-long member of Weight Watchers, he struggled with weight issues up until the end of his first year in college when, with the encouragement of friends, lost 30 lbs, and as a result became “hooked” on exercise. In a twist of irony, 15 years later Tanner ended up training the Pediatrician who recommended he join Weight Watchers program.

Tanner had taken Taekwondo since the 8th grade and earned his Second Degree Black Belt. Tanner has always been somewhat flexible, but found that yoga emphasized an intense focus on alignment and postural integrity seemed to be the missing link that could unlock his potential. He began his yoga practice at Charlotte Yoga in March of 2005. Tanner was fortunate to have learned yoga from an amazing yoga instructor, Grace Morales. In May of 2008, Tanner completed a 200 hour Power Yoga Teacher Training program taught by Grace.

Tanner’s Information

email: tanner@y2yoga.com
Lisa Brownstead

Instructor

A former TV news anchor Lisa believes in the transformational power of yoga and hopes to help young and old alike find more balance, self esteem and joy in their lives through a regular yoga practice. She also believes that yoga (and a little bit of humor) leads to a significant decrease in stress and keeps you looking and feeling young! Lisa is the Founder/Owner of Pretty Postures, a yoga party business. Lisa completed her 200 hour Yoga Alliance teacher training under Johnna Smith and is kids certified under Stephanie Keach. Lisa is an avid student, practicing at workshops led by Baron Baptiste, Rolf Gates, Jim Bennit, Cameron Shayne and Sage Rountree. Lisa is a mom to three kids who also love yoga.

What Lisa’s classes like:

An energetic, flowing power Vinyasa class synchronizing breath with movement, allowing your yoga practice to become a moving meditation. You will sweat! Postures are combined into a vigorous, flowing series that builds strength, flexibility, and endurance. It’s a great workout that can be modified for any body type. Vinyasa relieves tension in the body and calms the mind. Her classes are appropriate for active beginners as well as seasoned yogis. Some yoga experience is helpful, but not required. Each class is unique. Modified versions of challenging poses will be given. Be sure to work at your own pace. It is your practice; honor your body. Her intention is that you will leave her class feeling a bit more joyful!

“All that a person could ever want or need is contained in the air. And, all a person ever has to do is breathe it in.”— Sally Huss

Lisa’s Information

site: www.prettypostures.com
Molly Burroughs

Instructor

“There are no boundaries – only the ones that you create for yourself.” This is one of my favorite quotes! It speaks to the limitless benefits we can take in when we open our minds and our hearts to the practice of yoga and connect with our best self.”

Yoga first found me with a soft calling whisper in 2001. The intent to change and the desire to grow, intensified each time I rolled out my mat. Before I knew it, that whisper transformed my life, my thoughts, and my actions. I was hooked! Through yoga I have found inner peace, renewed vitality, simple abundance, zest for life, gratitude and immense joy. My yoga journey has led me to study with many amazing teachers. I completed a 200 hour Yoga Alliance teacher training with Grace Morales in 2005 and a kid’s certification with Stephanie Keach in 2006. I have drawn continued inspiration and understanding from Grace and Stephanie, as well as Peter Sterios, Bryan Kest, Roth Gates, Baron Baptiste, Shiva Rea, Mara Healy and Andrey Lappa. I am also thankful for the many incredible instructors who inspire my teaching and deepen my practice on a daily basis.

I enjoy teaching Vinyasa Flow, Power and Kids Yoga. My classes combine focused intention, physical challenge, breath work, and an element of play to balance the mind and the body, while encouraging students to explore their edge, maximize their potential, lighten their hearts and lift their spirits.
I believe that what we are able to achieve, is only limited by our imagination! Each day I strive to learn something new about myself, my purpose and my place in this world. When not in the yoga studio, I enjoy mixing music/creating new play lists, reading, dabbling at creative pursuits, and most importantly enjoying my wonderful daughter Chloe!

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Jennifer Busco

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Being active has always been a big part of my life. When a friend recommended yoga to me in 2003 I thought “why not?” After my first class, I had so many questions. Why the chanting? Why the ohming? Why the twisting and turning? Is this really a workout (even as I watched beads of sweat roll down my calf)?

Little by little answers began revealing themselves. Coming to the mat felt right, and I noticed a shift in my life towards overall health and wellbeing.
Wanting to share the “yoga love”, I began teaching friends in local parks around Charlotte. This led to my 230-hour certification from the awe-inspiring Stephanie Keach at the Asheville Yoga Center. I hope to complete the 500-hour training soon as well.

As a piano player and singer, creativity plays a role in my yoga resulting in spontaneous practices that aim to balance physical challenge, inner peace, and a childlike spirit.

I am grateful for the opportunities and challenges life presents. Delighted to teach at Y2, I will always be a student at heart.

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Beth Campbell
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Celeste Carter

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Paige Cochran

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Paige found yoga in 2000 while living in New York City, seeking solace from “the city that never sleeps.” In 2002, she received her 200-hour certification a tShoshoni Yoga Retreat in Boulder, CO. Over the last ten years, she is amazed at how her yoga practice continues to grow with her and inspires her to share her knowledge with others. She continues to further her experience with yoga, studying with Ciann Masi, of Gypsy in the Lotus Yoga, and taking many workshops. She is also a Reiki Master and studies Ayurveda, the sister science to yoga. There are a couple of different areas within yoga that Paige has come to focus on. The first is body mechanics. Our bodies are amazing machines and when we understand proper alignment and care of our bodies in yoga poses, we can push them safely to their edges, developing a greater flexibility and strength than we thought possible. Also for Paige yoga is about play! Children play, animals play, and rarely today do we adults play enough. Leela, or the concept of “Divine Play,” is what encompasses Paige’s practice and teaching. If you come to one of her classes, be prepared to be challenged and to have fun! Her classes have strong, yet light, group energy. Modifications for poses are offered, but you will be pushed to your edge. There’s always somewhere new to go in yoga. Lastly, there is a strong focus on harmonizing and building energies within the body through intuitive movement, which is encouraged in class. Only by exploring our own bodies and moving from the heart, can we truly appreciate and realize what our bodies are capable of.

“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.” ~Rabindranath Tagore

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Wendy Fennell

Instructor

What Wendy’s classes are like:

Stand tall like a MOUNTAIN, roar like a LION, fly like an EAGLE!

Just a few fun yoga poses your child will experience at Y2 Yoga for kids! Children are natural yogis and yoga engages both their mind and bodies by improving strength, coordination and mental focus.

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Dorie Fusaro

Instructor

i love yoga. the breath, the meditation, the asana, the outlook on life ~ love all of it.

i found yoga at a time in my life when i was searching for my own identity. took my first class in 2001 and at the end of class knew i had found the path that would lead me to the answers i was looking for, answers not only about myself, but about the world around me. through yoga i have found inner (not to mention physical) strength, confidence, flexibility, compassion, a deeper love for my fellow human, and a community of people that exude beauty and love inside and out, throughout every cell of their being.

i continue to practice Bikram, Ashtanga and Power Vinyassa, periodically enjoying Baptiste and Anusara styles as well. i teach power/flow classes and often draw from various styles as they all offer such beauty and grace benefitting all. completed the 230 hour teacher training with Asheville Yoga Center in 2009, and plan to continue my yogic studies over this lifetime, continuing to learn something new each day about myself, my yoga and the world around me.

a full time working (banker, no kidding!) mother of two beautiful daughters Alexa and Natalie. i have longed to teach and am thrilled with the opportunity to share my practice with others.

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Shelley Harris

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Anthony Hill

Instructor

I have always been fascinated with the human body and how it keeps itself in balance (Homeostasis) at all times, even when we don’t take care of it the way we should. I guess the real journey of being physically active began in Junior high school when I participated in junior high basket ball. I continued to play through high school and Junior college. After junior college, I stopped playing basketball and focused more on my under graduate studies, but something was missing. I missed that feeling of being in great physical as well as mental conditioning. So, I got into long distance cycling. This gave me the physical and mental high that I missed. Again because of my interest in anatomy and the human body, I enrolled in massage school in 1992. The fact that I could learn more about anatomy and physiology and help others heal themselves and feel good at the same time was a blessing to me. I then went on to teach Swedish and deep tissue massage at the Potomac Massage Training Institute in Washington, DC. I Tried To educate as many people as I could about the benefits of massage. I went to my first yoga class (Bikram) in 2002. I was hooked. I practiced Bikram yoga for about 4 years. I then integrated Vinyasa (flow) and Yin yoga into my practice. I completed a 230 hour teacher training with the Asheville Yoga Center in November of 2009. I love to study and learn more about metaphysics, Quantum theory and how everything is connected from the powerful void of space in the atom to the void of space in the universe that surrounds us and contains us. INFINITE POSSIBILITIES and that’s what yoga means to me.

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Susie Johnson

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It was the beginning of march in 2008 when I first came to this practice. I was at the YMCA as a class was about to begin. Not knowing anything of the practice other than it can be quite pretzely; I decided to give it a go. Within that first class I knew that everything was about to change for the better. I knew that this practice had always been a part of me, only repressed through years of conditioning. Slowly, slowly I began chipping away at the layers; and here I am today. In the fall of 09′ I completed a 200 hr. teacher training with Johnna Smith at Yoga One. In January 2010, I studied Ashtanga in Mysore, India for 2 1/2 months with Sharath at the Patthabi Jois Institute. In April 2010 I completed an apprenticeship in the GAVY training with Michael Gannon. My intention is simply to continue on this path… To learn and to grow as one with all of you… You all are my teachers. Thank you all!

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Litsa Kapantais

Instructor

Litsa Kapantais has committed to practicing yoga for 13 years and teaching Vinyasa Flow Yoga for the past 10 years. Litsa discovered her passion for yoga soon after a few classes with Steve Ross and Bryan Kest while residing in Santa Monica, CA. All she wanted to do all day was practice yoga thus found her calling to teach. Her passion for both yoga and art would ultimately lead her to open Yogatopia yoga studio in Charlotte. After more than 8,000 classes and 3 years later, she stepped away from the studio management business for the freedom of teaching corporate yoga, private lessons, leading workshops and retreats nationally and internationally, most recently in Greece. Litsa intertwines creativity and yoga to offer a heart-centered, emotionally and physically sacred approach to her teaching. Her classes integrate strength, symmetry, intuition, fluidity, a sense of humor and meditation while creating an ecstatic flow of energy in the body that produces joy, suppleness and stability. Her students come from diverse backgrounds and physical abilities but all benefit. She has developed yoga programs for young professional dancers for the NC Dance Theatre, NBA athletes, Alzheimer’s Seniors in Assisted Living Centers, stay at home moms, hospital employees, fortune 500 companies and many others. She is Yoga Director at the Charlotte Athletic Club.

What Litsa’s classes are like:

Deep warm up focusing on breath and technique. Fun and upbeat style with attention on moving in and out of asana with awareness. Class varies, never same, pretend I’ll bore you til I throw in a curveball in the routine and keep you on your (yoga) toes!

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Sarah Keach

Instructor

I was introduced to yoga through my dance training at Elon University, and although I found downdog challenging, I never thought much of the practice. It wasn’t until I entered the ‘real world’ that I started feeling incredibly stressed out and anxious. I thought that I might give yoga a try as a sort of treatment to my anxiety. I walked out of my first power vinyasa class and immediately signed up for a monthly unlimited package. Needless to say, I was totally hooked! I found that the more I practiced yoga, the stronger I felt physically, which meant I was stronger in my personal life. I love the empowering feeling that a strong practice gave me and felt compelled to enroll in a teacher training to learn more. Upon completion of my 200-hour Yoga Alliance® Teacher Training under Johnna Smith at YogaOne Wellness, I completed Level 1 Training with Baron Baptiste in August 2008. I have also received my Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training and Certification at Asheville Yoga center and look forward to continuing my education!

I am so appreciative for the ability to share this beautiful practice and teach at Y2!

I am so grateful to all of my teachers for their endless love, support, and inspiration.

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Kelly Klicka

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CJ Lawing

Instructor

I stepped onto the mat and discover yoga for the first time in the winter of 2004 and never rolled it up. At the same time I also found Pilates and the two have been my constant companions ever since. Both methodologies emphasize a passion for purity of form and proper alignment principles.These elements along with Anusara’s distinctive heart focus really resonate with me. I have taught Pilates for 3 years and in March of 2009, I felt the call to deepen my understanding of Anusara yoga and completed a 200-hour Yoga Alliance Anusara Teacher Training led by my constant teachers Kelley Gardener, Sarah Faircloth and Stacey Milner-Collins. In my journey as a seeker I have also deeply fallen in love with Paul Muller Ortega’s presentation of Tantric philosophy and meditation. I continue to broaden my knowledge by studying tantric philosophy and Anusara yoga with other amazing teachers such as John Friend, Desiree Rumbaugh, Douglas Brooks and Bill Mahoney.

My greatest desire is to move authentically from my heart and teach in a nurturing language that reflects the integration of many systems. I believe the union of different styles and methodologies of body-mind-spirit work serves to expand not only the various perceptions we have of ourselves, but our understanding of the world and our place and purpose as we move through this amazing life. I also believes that laughter is a blissful overflow of the heart, so don’t be shy about giggling in class.

When not in the yoga studio, my husband Drew and I are raising one amazing son, 14 chickens, one goofy puppy and trying to sustainably and organically grow a farm that will nourish the tummies of many yogis!!

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Jillian Longsworth
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Yoga has given me the courage and the strength to follow my heart and to do what I love. I found yoga when I moved to Charlotte from New York City in 2003. After years of working in advertising, auditioning for stage roles and waiting tables, yoga gave me a place to slow down and to really look at where my life was going. Initially, the attraction to yoga was the physical aspect and the desire to de-stress and detoxify, but what was ultimately found was an underlying awareness of the self; a way to connect to the mind, body and spirit. I often used my yoga practice while teaching theatre in the public school system as a way for my students to calm their nerves and focus on their breath, something we can all relate to. I am hoping to further my yoga studies in March by becoming certified to teach yoga to people suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. I completed my 230- hour Teacher Training from the Asheville Yoga Center with Stephanie Keach and I hope to pursue my 500- hour advanced training with her in the near future. I enjoy teaching Vinyasa Flow, Slow Flow/Deep- Stretch and Kids Yoga and I believe yoga can benefit the very young to the very “wise”. If there is one sutra I try to live my life by, it is this:

~Santosha~

By contentment, supreme joy is gained.
Laura McCarthy

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I’m certified through a program called Vajra Yoga that is out of New York City (vajrayoga.com). I completed their teacher training and School for Compasionate Action. Vajra yoga is a blend of hatha yoga and buddist meditation. I started my interest in yoga with Ashtanga Yoga working with Lisa Tendler – 6 years later, Ashtanga is still my practice. I work at the Urban Ministry Center with a Substance Abuse Treatment Program as their Recreational Therapist integrating yoga and meditation into the treatment program. I am an artist as well. I maintain a studio in Charlotte and my medium is painting and installation work. Love to travel and go as often as I can. Favorite quote (at least one of them)…..

Success, recognition, and conformity are the bywords of the modern world where everyone seems to crave the anesthetizing
security of being identified with the majority.

Martin Luther King, Jr., Strength to Love, 1963.

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Tanya McCellan

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Tanya McClellan turned to yoga to change her life and try something new. After her first class she knew she was hooked. Tanya has participated in teacher training with Johnna Smith . When not working on her practice , you can find Tanya working in Theater, teaching theater, and doing voice over radio commercials all over the country.

Enjoy life!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Melissa Miller

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Melissa began her yoga journey with her first Bikram class over eight years ago. Having been involved in competitive sports all her life, she was looking for something that was kinder on her joints than running, spinning and lifting weights. She found that in yoga. After moving to Charlotte in 2005, she began taking Power Yoga classes offered
at various studios. After noticing the physical and spiritual benefits of a regular yoga practice, Melissa decided to complete her 200-RYT Yoga Alliance teacher training in May 2008 with Grace Morales at Charlotte Yoga. She has since attended workshops
and Master Classes with Andrey Lappa, Rolf Gates, Stephanie Keach, Bryan Kest and Peter Sterios. In April 2010, she completed a 230-RYT Yoga Alliance teacher training with Mara Healy at Yoga Flex.

What Melissa’s classes are like:

My classes are athletic and are designed to balance the body, mind and spirit with the
flow of breath. You will sweat if you breathe. Postures are linked together in a sequence
that will challenge your strength and flexibility. The goal of class is to leave class feeling
uplifted and energetic, not depleted. It’s yoga, an equal opportunity activity. Roll out
your mat and enjoy.

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Amani Murray

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Amani first began practicing yoga over 15 years ago. After a major health issue went undiagnosed for a year, she decided to do some research on natural health and healing, which led her to yoga. Primarily self-taught, she started taking studio classes in 2001. She was quickly asked to start teaching on a regular basis. Her passion for yoga led her to obtain her 230 hour teacher training with Stephanie Keach at the Asheville Yoga Center in 2002. She is also certified to teach Yoga for MS, Prenatal Yoga, and recently completed a Yoga as Therapy Teacher Training Workshop with Doug Keller. She is currently seeking her 500 hour certification through the Asheville Yoga Center, and continues to study with her wonderful teacher Stephanie Keach!

Amani has explored her practice to overcome her chronic asthma as well as in preparation for her 2 homebirths. Her teaching style is both light-hearted and challenging, and she encourages her students to balance effort with ease and find peace and self-awareness in their practice. She is currently teaching group classes at Y2 Yoga Studio and also specializes in private lessons.

Amani’s website:

www.padma-yoga.net
Jane Patterson

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Your yoga mat is a truly amazing thing. You step on it, sweat all over it, and then roll it up and forget about it until the next time you need it. Yet each time you roll it out, it is there to support you. To protect you. To help you find balance, build strength, and take rest. It doesn’t turn you away if you’re tired, angry or unhappy. And all it asks in return is that when you lay it down, you commit to 3 simple things: to your breath, to listening to your body, and to doing your best. I want to be clear here that your best does not mean my best, or his best, or their best. It means YOUR best, and nobody knows what that looks like but you. That’s the deal. You breathe, you listen, and you give your full effort and awareness to what your body and mind need that day. In return, the mat becomes 2 x 6 feet of space dedicated to YOU.

I rolled a yoga mat out for the first time, right here in Charlotte, 6 years ago. Only visiting the city at that point, I returned home to Los Angeles and began taking classes at Bryan Kest’s studio. My regular practice really took root there. After graduating from UCLA in 2005, I returned to Charlotte to deepen my yoga practice, studying vinyasa flow with Grace Morales and completing her Hot 26 certification. The following year, Andrey Lappa came to Charlotte, and I was able to study with him here, completing his Level 1 Teacher Training. Deeply inspired by his Universal Yoga teachings, I continued on to the next level of his program, and am honored to be one of the few of teachers in the US to have passed his Level 2 Teacher’s Certification. In 2007 I traveled with Andrey as his assistant to the Ukraine, Israel and Nepal. In Nepal, I went into a two-month personal retreat, led by Andrey, which included yoga, fasting, meditation, and self-study.

These days, I continue my studies with Universal Yoga, as well as drawing inspiration and understading from Peter Sterios, Shiva Rea, Grace Morales, Bryan Kest, Govindas and Radha, Desiree Rumbaugh, Denise Duffy, and the amazing force of energy that is Tanner.

My classes are designed to bring a sense of vitality and balance to body and mind, uniting dynamic movement with steady breath. So come to class ready to breathe, sweat, laugh, play, challenge yourself, and ultimately, let it all go.

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Kacy Pleasants

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Laura Robinson

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Yoga is a beautiful, ancient practice that develops our awareness at every level of our being. It is a complete science and a sacred art. It is also fun! Yoga is a chance to play, to embrace one’s youthfulness, and to discover the joy of living. It is truly a gift that we give ourselves when we take the time to practice.

Yoga Training and Certification:

• Nine years of self-study and daily practice

• Certified with Yoga Alliance through Pyramid Yoga in Koh Phangan, Thailand, 2007.

• A three-month residential course in Chakra Yoga. The school’s approach to Hatha Yoga connects asana to the seven chakra energies with an emphasis on integrating pranayama, mantra, and visualization techniques into one’s practice. There is a strong focus on proper alignment and breathing. Instructors: David Goulet and Marina Halleran

• Midtown Yoga in Baltimore, Maryland, 2001-2004: Classes in Power Yoga and Vinyasa

• Greater Baltimore Yoga, 1998-2001: Classical Hatha and Astanga courses through the advanced level

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Nicole Sameit

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When I step on the mat, it’s like the rest of the world dissolves. For just a short time the only thing that matters is the movement of breath and body. My mind is free from the clutter of the day and I enjoy the peace and freedom I cultivate as I move through postures. I love my time on the mat, it’s completely my own. It’s my time to relax, play, and challenge myself.

I’m also drawn to the physical aspects of yoga. In my “former life”, (the life I jokingly refer to before staying home with 2 children) I was a scientist so my fascination with the human body has carried over into yoga. I love exploring the physiological benefits of the postures and pranayama. It amazes me to see how the body responds to the challenges and the incredible amount of strength you gain; not to mention how good you feel overall!

Through my Yoga studies, I continue to learn more every day about this wonderful practice and myself. I take great inspiration from the three amazing teachers who led my teacher training: Stephanie Keach,, Barbara Hall, and Shala Worsley. I am so excited to be a part of this fantastic yoga community and I can’t wait to see you and your kids on the mat!

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Shanna Small

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I started exploring yoga at a little Ashtanga studio in Atlanta. I fell in love with the beauty, dedication, and strength that I witnessed in the hearts of those that practiced around me. I discovered that through self study and steady practice, suffering can be eradicated and that joy and peace are the birthright of every man.

While I am honored to have been in the presence of many inspiring teachers and I am heavily influenced by the legacy of others, there is no more powerful teacher then the present moment.

As a writer and a teacher, I hope to inspire dedication, love, discipline, mental and physical well being and self study in my students.

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Blog: http://profile.typepad.com/wellnessfrominside
Merritt Tracy

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Merritt Tracy started yoga for the physical benefits, but stayed with yoga for the physical, mental, and spiritual changes it inspired in her life. Merritt has been practicing yoga for 9 years and has practiced various styles, but primarily focuses on Power Vinyasa and Ashtanga. In January 2009, she left her 15-year career in the technology industry to become a stay-at-home Mom and yoga instructor. She is completing her 200 hour certification with Yoga One in Charlotte. Merritt loves the quiet, healing power of breath and yoga.

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Carrie Williams

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As a yoga instructor and clinical social worker, she dedicated my work to healing, and for her yoga is a powerful means of healing body/mind/spirit. Whether practicing or teaching, she loves the variety offered from various traditions of yoga; some days a very challenging practice is needed, while other a slow, deep practice is appropriate. She feels it’s a gift to tailor the practice to meet the individual needs of her students! Completing 200-hour teacher training through Wilmington Yoga Center with Kristen Cooper-Gulak has allowed her to share my love of yoga with others. Currently she is pursuing 500-hour advanced training to advance her studies and allow her to share even more. The more she learns and deepens her own practice, the more she feels she will have to offer others. It is with gratitude that she dedicates her teaching to meeting the individual body, mind, and spirit needs of the students and clients she serves.

What Carrie’s classes like:

Her classes offer a balance between strength and surrender, creative flow and powerful stillness. She encourage you to take your practice to a deeper level by expanding your practice beyond the physical. Come as you are, divinely imperfect, to breathe, sweat, and learn something new about yourself!

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Teachers

Our teachers are our foundation. Their enthusiasm and passion is what supports us, and in turn, we honor and support them. They are our ROCK.

Dedication to Students

Blake Thews

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Tanner Bazemore

Lead Instructor / Owner, 200 Hour RYT

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Lisa Brownstead

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Molly Burroughs

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Jennifer Busco

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Beth Campbell

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Celeste Carter

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Paige Cochran

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Wendy Fennell

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Dorie Fusaro

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Shelley Harris

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Anthony Hill

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Susie Johnson

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Litsa Kapantais

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Sarah Keach

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Kelly Klicka

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CJ Lawing

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Jillian Longsworth

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Laura McCarthy

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Tanya McCellan

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Melissa Miller

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Jane Patterson

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